Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft’s cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180 million using Office 365, and millions using other services – all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure – CO+I builds and operates the foundation upon which Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization comes to life.

The Datacenter Physical Security team (DCPS) is organized within CO+I DCPS is dedicated to delivering the most trustworthy and efficient physical security services to protect the personnel, infrastructure, data, and confidential information foundational to the Microsoft Cloud. Our vision is to be the most reliable, meticulous, and trusted industry provider of hyperscale cloud physical security. We are accountable, effective, and efficient stewards of the awesome responsibility we hold. We innovate to meet challenges. We automate and simplify to scale efficiently. We constantly create and maintain a collaborative ecosystem. We appreciate and act on opportunities to improve.

DCPS is looking for a Security Project Manager with an active Top Secret (TS) security clearance to lead high-profile and business critical projects involving physical security systems implementation, testing, commissioning and acceptance for our worldwide critical infrastructure including datacenters, leased collocations, and other types of facilities. This position is responsible for working directly with numerous internal and external teams, including architects, engineers, numerous security vendors, construction / project managers, and customers to ensure accurate and timely delivery of services across a wide array of stakeholders and priorities.

The Security Project Manager must be an experienced team player, possess strong communication and collaboration skills, have the ability to determine the appropriate security systems solutions, and manage a demanding workload in the execution of multiple concurrent projects across geographic and organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing the design and specification of alarm systems, access control, video surveillance, burglary, radio systems and all other types of physical security equipment to achieve security program goals for special projects and initiatives.
• Oversee projects to ensure they are delivered in accordance with established baseline requirements and deadlines and within budget.
• Partner and collaborate closely with peer leaders and stakeholders, focused on maintaining a One Microsoft, one team environment.
• Continuously improve the efficiency and maturity of the overall physical security program.
• Receive escalations/notifications of physical security and business impacting incidents/events and appropriately triage, ensuring that leadership is made initially and continuously aware when appropriate and that the appropriate personnel are managing the incident response effectively.
• Collaborate with peer teams and organizations to ensure their team is aligned with broader strategy and initiatives, fully supporting leadership priorities, being good partners, helping reduce costs, time burden, and complexity, and being responsive trusted advisors.
• Continuously seek data and recommend strategies and ideas to reduce churn, optimize, implement a creative solution to a problem, scale, automate, and simplify.
• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with established requirements, deadlines, and applicable employment law and company policy.
• Engage with internal and external customers as appropriate to evangelize and represent Microsoft’s datacenter physical security programs.
• Maintain confidentiality, discretion, and protect Microsoft information without question.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of site / construction management experience in the field.
• 4+ years of experience in managing the deployment of physical security systems.
• Actual experience in the management of security system installations in datacenters or other critical infrastructure environments is highly desirable.
• Experience, knowledge, and specific training in secure area construction (ICS/ICD 705).
• Familiarity with physical security systems design/engineering.
• Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time in both planned and unplanned scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience in the engineering, design and/or installation of security systems in datacenters or other critical infrastructure environments is highly desirable.
• Confident and skilled in preparing and delivering presentations and briefings to customers, senior leaders, and executives.
• Experience making and influencing good decisions that impact mission-critical, 24x7 operations environments.
• Strong work and compliance ethic, and the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic and high-pressure environment.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products for business.
• Analytical and process improvement skills to produce data driven insights and associated process changes.
• Thought leadership and subject matter expertise to deliver one or more large programs and services while increasing standardization, simplification, and automation.
• Ability to change plans, goals, actions, and priorities in response to an evolving business environment with awareness to operate as a champion for course corrections when necessary.
• BS or BA in security or business or engineering related discipline, or equivalent experience preferred.
• PSP, CPP, PMP, or CSPM certifications are highly desirable.

Background Check Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security background screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements currently include, but may change, and are not limited to: 

• Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
• Microsoft Cloud Screen Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Screen background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter while in this role.
• US Government Security Clearance: Candidates must either have an active US Government TS security clearance and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph), or have an active TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance.

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